"Indiana Wants Me"
bma...@hayes.com
came on the radio. I don't recall having heard it since it came out in 1970 or
1971. All of my Baby Boomer friends remember it, but no one remembers who sang
it. You know the song: "Indiana wants me/Lord, I can't go back there", and then
at the end we hear sirens and a bullhorn as the police surround the singer.
Anyone know what one-hit wonder recorded this? (No, it wasn't Harry Chapin or
Cat Stevens--follow the "Cat's In the Cradle" thread that's probably about to
get out of hand.)
Bruce
Steve Pearce
I believe it was recorded by "R Dean Taylor".
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pen...@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com
I believe it was Mark Lindsay, formerly of Paul Revere & Raiders. And I think
he also did Arizona. Between those two and having been Paul Revere, he is
certainly not classified as as one-hit-wonderer! :)
JP
Charles F. Board
No! It was a one-hit wonder named R. Dean Taylor. The really amazing thing,for
anyone who's ever heard it, is that it was a *MOTOWN* record. In addition to
being on one of the Rhino "Have a Nice day" collections, it's on vol. 1 of
"Hard-To-Find Motown Classics" [ a series which lives up to it's name...I've
been trying to find Vol. 2 & vol. 3 on CD for about a year and a half now with
no luck].
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R o d Johnson
[On who did "Indiana Wants Me]
>I believe it was Mark Lindsay, formerly of Paul Revere & Raiders.
We don't want Dr. dx's head to explode, and it will if people keep
making these bad guesses about who did what, so: as another poster
ALREADY SAID: no, it was R. Dean Taylor. Please read to the ends of
threads to see if anyone has posted the *right* answer, and if you're
not sure, don't guess. Somebody else will know, and the world will
continue to turn on its axis even if a question doesn't get answered
for a few days.
>And I think
>he also did Arizona. Between those two and having been Paul Revere,
Mark Lindsay wasn't Paul Revere, Paul Revere was Paul Revere.
>he is
>certainly not classified as as one-hit-wonderer! :)
But what was he wondering about?
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Alan Butler x3288
> In article <1993Jun9.1...@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com>, pen...@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com writes:
> |> In article <7408.2...@hayes.com>, bma...@hayes.com writes:
> |> > The other day, I was sitting in a restaurant, and the song "Indiana Wants Me"
> |> > came on the radio. I don't recall having heard it since it came out in 1970 or
> |> > 1971. All of my Baby Boomer friends remember it, but no one remembers who sang
> |> > it. You know the song: "Indiana wants me/Lord, I can't go back there", and then
> |> > at the end we hear sirens and a bullhorn as the police surround the singer.
> |> > Anyone know what one-hit wonder recorded this? (No, it wasn't Harry Chapin or
> |> > Cat Stevens--follow the "Cat's In the Cradle" thread that's probably about to
> |> > get out of hand.)
> |> >
> |> > Bruce
> |>
> |> I believe it was Mark Lindsay, formerly of Paul Revere & Raiders. And I think
> |> he also did Arizona. Between those two and having been Paul Revere, he is
> |> certainly not classified as as one-hit-wonderer! :)
> |> JP
>
> No! It was a one-hit wonder named R. Dean Taylor. The really amazing thing,for
> anyone who's ever heard it, is that it was a *MOTOWN* record. In addition to
> being on one of the Rhino "Have a Nice day" collections, it's on vol. 1 of
> "Hard-To-Find Motown Classics" [ a series which lives up to it's name...I've
> been trying to find Vol. 2 & vol. 3 on CD for about a year and a half now with
> no luck].
> --
You're right, it was R. Dean Taylor but he wasn't quite a one-hit
wonder - he made another record around 1967 called something like
"Gotta see Jane" which I believe was also a hit. I think he made other
records too, but off the top of my head I can't remember them at the moment.
Lyrically this record was similar to "Indiana wants me" in that it had a
dramatic, evocative story-line with vehicle/siren sound effects, but the
tune was quite different.
A few years ago (about 1987) I saw a TV programme - I think it was
on Channel 4 here in the UK, about the Tamla Motown label, with many
interesting interviews, including one with R. Dean Taylor.
As well as being a performer himself (maybe the only white artist on the
label at the time), it seems he also worked with the production team at Motown
- he was explaining how some of the sound effects were produced on their
early records.
Alan (abu...@mrc.ac.uk)
Jamie Lubin
>In article <1993Jun9.1...@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com> pen...@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com writes:
>
>[On who did "Indiana Wants Me]
>
>>I believe it was Mark Lindsay, formerly of Paul Revere & Raiders.
>
>We don't want Dr. dx's head to explode, and it will if people keep
>making these bad guesses about who did what, so: as another poster
>ALREADY SAID: no, it was R. Dean Taylor. Please read to the ends of
>threads to see if anyone has posted the *right* answer, and if you're
>not sure, don't guess. Somebody else will know, and the world will
>continue to turn on its axis even if a question doesn't get answered
>for a few days.
>
>>And I think
>>he also did Arizona. Between those two and having been Paul Revere,
>
>Mark Lindsay wasn't Paul Revere, Paul Revere was Paul Revere.
>>he is
>>certainly not classified as as one-hit-wonderer! :)
>
>But what was he wondering about?
Stevie Wonder--I'm Wondering or Dion--The Wanderer??
R o d Johnson
> A few years ago (about 1987) I saw a TV programme - I think it was
>on Channel 4 here in the UK, about the Tamla Motown label, with many
>interesting interviews, including one with R. Dean Taylor.
>As well as being a performer himself (maybe the only white artist on the
>label at the time), it seems he also worked with the production team at Motown
> - he was explaining how some of the sound effects were produced on their
>early records.
Taylor was actually primarily a producer at Motown, and only
incidentally a performer, and as a producer he was definitely more
than a one-hit wonder. Producers typically worked in teams there, and
Taylor's team (I think) produced at least the first few Jackson 5
singles, for instance.
He wasn't the only white artist, though. Rare Earth was also white,
and joined Motown not much later than Taylor. Both were actually not
on Motown proper but on the Rare Earth subsidiary. And, of course,
there were lots of white session cats and behind-the-boards talent,
and I seem to remember some (unsuccessful and forgotten) white acts.
Trivia: I went to school with Berry Gordy's daughter. One day I
received a Berry Gordy *toothbrush*. (?) Wish I still had it. Would
you believe I actually brushed my teeth with it?
Charles F. Board
|> In article <C8Ett...@news.rich.bnr.ca>, c...@n8pph46.nt.com (Charles F. Board) writes:
|> > No! It was a one-hit wonder named R. Dean Taylor. The really amazing thing,for
|> > anyone who's ever heard it, is that it was a *MOTOWN* record. In addition to
|> > being on one of the Rhino "Have a Nice day" collections, it's on vol. 1 of
|> > "Hard-To-Find Motown Classics" [ a series which lives up to it's name...I've
|> > been trying to find Vol. 2 & vol. 3 on CD for about a year and a half now with
|> > no luck].
|> > --
|>
|>
|> You're right, it was R. Dean Taylor but he wasn't quite a one-hit
|> wonder - he made another record around 1967 called something like
|> "Gotta see Jane" which I believe was also a hit. I think he made other
|> records too, but off the top of my head I can't remember them at the moment.
|> Lyrically this record was similar to "Indiana wants me" in that it had a
|> dramatic, evocative story-line with vehicle/siren sound effects, but the
|> tune was quite different.
To be precise he had four singles hit the Billboard Hot 100:
Title PeakDate Peak Wks
Indiana wants Me 11/7/70 5 15
Ain't It A Sad Thing 3/13/71 66 5
Gotta See Jane 5/1/71 67 4
Taos New Mexico 4/29/72 83 3
I'd still call him a one-hit wonder.
|>
|> A few years ago (about 1987) I saw a TV programme - I think it was
|> on Channel 4 here in the UK, about the Tamla Motown label, with many
|> interesting interviews, including one with R. Dean Taylor.
|> As well as being a performer himself (maybe the only white artist on the
|> label at the time),
Rare Earth was an all-white Motown group that had charted already by late
1970. I'm pretty sure there were some obcsure white artists in the 60's
(when did Bobby Darin record his motown record?). Actually, *Neil Young*
was a Motown artist for a while in the 60's, as a member of a group with
Rick James, if you can believe it. I don't think they ever had anything
released but they were signed to the label...I think the group name was the
Minah Birds or something like that.
Andrew Rogers
>|> A few years ago (about 1987) I saw a TV programme - I think it was
>|> on Channel 4 here in the UK, about the Tamla Motown label, with many
>|> interesting interviews, including one with R. Dean Taylor.
>|> As well as being a performer himself (maybe the only white artist on the
>|> label at the time),
>
>Rare Earth was an all-white Motown group that had charted already by late
>1970. I'm pretty sure there were some obcsure white artists in the 60's
>(when did Bobby Darin record his motown record?).
Well, the Valadiers - who did the original "Greetings (This Is Uncle Sam)"
around '61 or '62 (and revived by the Monitors in '66) were white. So was
former Motown receptionist Chris Clark, whose "Love's Gone Bad" "bubbled
under" in the summer of '66; she was probably the first white Motown artist
to release an LP.
By the late 60's, Atlantic had not only deposed Motown as the most successful
R&B label but had also started to clean up in the rock market (Cream, Iron
Butterfly, Led Zeppelin, etc.) Motown's belated response to the latter was
to form the Rare Earth label (the band was probably named after the label;
they had been gigging for years as the Sunliners before that) for its
rock (i.e., white) acts. Some (Rare Earth, R. Dean Taylor) had hits; most
(including former hitmakers Bobby Darin and the Four Seasons) did not.
>Actually, *Neil Young* was a Motown artist for a while in the 60's...
I've heard that some of the Mynah Birds' material may yet see the light of
day as part of a rumored Neil Young box set.
Also, Meat Loaf was a Motown artist for a while, as part of the duo "Stoney
and Meatloaf". They charted briefly with "Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get" (*not*
the same song as the Dramatics hit); several years later (after Meat's mega-
success with "Bat Out Of Hell"), Motown reissued the Stoney and Meatloaf LP
with new cover art: a dinner plate with a slab of - what else? - meatloaf
decorated as a caricature of Mr. Loaf!
Andrew
David A. Pearlman
It was R. Dean Taylor. It was one of the few substantial
white/rock/non-soul hits on a Motown distributed label. I believe Taylor
had been a staff writer for Motown before he got to make his own album.
The song is/was available on CD, on one of those Motown
"Rare and Hard to Find" compilations.
The only other white/rock/non-soul hits I can recall, offhand, that were on
Motown (or subsidiaries) were that Tom Clay "What the World Needs Now" thingie,
Rare Earth, and Bobby Darin. Though I'm sure someone will fill in some
more blanks. Some interesting European rock got released
on their Rare Earth subsidiary in the early '70's: UFO, The Pretty Things,
Love Sculpture. Not to mention (perhaps not) people like Frankie Vallie.
Somewhere, I also have a Motown-distributed album from
this period by a group that included Laura Branigan ("Gloria").
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)In article <1993Jun10.1...@crc.ac.uk>, abu...@crc.ac.uk (Alan Butler x3288) writes:
)|> In article <C8Ett...@news.rich.bnr.ca>, c...@n8pph46.nt.com (Charles F. Board) writes:
)|> > No! It was a one-hit wonder named R. Dean Taylor. The really amazing thing,for
)|> > anyone who's ever heard it, is that it was a *MOTOWN* record. In addition to
)|> > being on one of the Rhino "Have a Nice day" collections, it's on vol. 1 of
)|> > "Hard-To-Find Motown Classics" [ a series which lives up to it's name...I've
)|> > been trying to find Vol. 2 & vol. 3 on CD for about a year and a half now with
)|> > no luck].
)|> > --
)|>
)|>
)
)To be precise he had four singles hit the Billboard Hot 100:
)I'd still call him a one-hit wonder.
)|>
)|> A few years ago (about 1987) I saw a TV programme - I think it was
)|> on Channel 4 here in the UK, about the Tamla Motown label, with many
)|> interesting interviews, including one with R. Dean Taylor.
)|> As well as being a performer himself (maybe the only white artist on the
)|> label at the time),
)
)Rare Earth was an all-white Motown group that had charted already by late
)1970. I'm pretty sure there were some obcsure white artists in the 60's
)(when did Bobby Darin record his motown record?). Actually, *Neil Young*
)was a Motown artist for a while in the 60's, as a member of a group with
)Rick James, if you can believe it. I don't think they ever had anything
)released but they were signed to the label...I think the group name was the
)Minah Birds or something like that.
Well, since my previous post of a couple of days ago didn't seem to go
through, and some of this keeps getting rehashed, I will repost...
It was R. Dean Taylor. It was one of the few substantial
white/rock/non-soul hits on a Motown distributed label. I believe Taylor
had been a staff writer for Motown before he got to make his own album.
The song is/was available on CD, on one of those Motown
"Rare and Hard to Find" compilations.
The only other white/rock/non-soul hits I can recall, offhand, that were on
Motown (or subsidiaries) were that Tom Clay "What the World Needs Now" thingie,
Rare Earth, and Bobby Darin. Though I'm sure someone will fill in some
more blanks. Some interesting European rock got released
on their Rare Earth subsidiary in the early '70's: UFO, The Pretty Things,
Love Sculpture, The Easybeats. Not to mention (perhaps not) people like
Frankie Vallie. Somewhere, I also have a Motown-distributed album from
this period by a group that included Laura Branigan ("Gloria").
[As for that Rick James/Neil Young project: It never got released.]
Michael S Ritchie
was a "one-hit wonder":
>To be precise he had four singles hit the Billboard Hot 100:
> Title PeakDate Peak Wks
> Indiana wants Me 11/7/70 5 15
> Ain't It A Sad Thing 3/13/71 66 5
> Gotta See Jane 5/1/71 67 4
> Taos New Mexico 4/29/72 83 3
>
>I'd still call him a one-hit wonder.
I agree. By chance, does anyone remember a song by him, which
I think was the immediate follow-up to "Indiana..." called Candy
Apple Red? It had a "plot-line" similar to Indiana and Gotta See
Jane, complete with sirens and death (I believe). I only heard it
a couple of times (obviously it never hit big) but I've never
forgotten it. Anyone know what album it was on?
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Anders Engwall
>>|> A few years ago (about 1987) I saw a TV programme - I think it was
>>|> on Channel 4 here in the UK, about the Tamla Motown label, with many
>>|> interesting interviews, including one with R. Dean Taylor.
>>|> As well as being a performer himself (maybe the only white artist on the
>>|> label at the time),
c...@n8pph46.nt.com (Charles F. Board):
>>Rare Earth was an all-white Motown group that had charted already by late
>>1970. I'm pretty sure there were some obcsure white artists in the 60's
>>(when did Bobby Darin record his motown record?).
rog...@calamari.hi.com (Andrew Rogers):
>Well, the Valadiers - who did the original "Greetings (This Is Uncle Sam)"
>around '61 or '62 (and revived by the Monitors in '66) were white. So was
>former Motown receptionist Chris Clark, whose "Love's Gone Bad" "bubbled
>under" in the summer of '66; she was probably the first white Motown artist
>to release an LP.
Also Bobby Taylor & The Vancouvers -- two black guys and four whites -- who
reached #29 in '68 with "Does Your Mama Know About Me". Taylor himself was
the one who brought The Jackson 5 to Motown's attention, and on guitar they
had one Thomas Chong, later of Cheech & Chong fame.
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Chris Beckmeyer
>Someone (sorry, lost the attribution):
>
>>>|> A few years ago (about 1987) I saw a TV programme - I think it was
>>>|> on Channel 4 here in the UK, about the Tamla Motown label, with many
>>>|> interesting interviews, including one with R. Dean Taylor.
>>>|> As well as being a performer himself (maybe the only white artist on the
>>>|> label at the time),
>
chris